American Film and Society since 1945 by Albert Auster PAPERBACK 9781440859458

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

American Film and Society since 1945Author(s): Leonard Quart, Albert Auster\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9781440859458, 978-1440859458\nSynopsis\nFrom Steven Spielberg's Lincoln to Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, this fifth edition of this classic film study text adds even more recent films and examines how these movies depict and represent the feelings and values of American society.\n\nOne of the few authoritative books about American film and society, Praeger's American Film and Society since 1945 combines accessible, fun-to-read text with a detailed, insightful, and scholarly political and social analysis that thoroughly explores the relationship of American film to society and provides essential historical context. The historical overview provides a \""capsule analysis\"" of both American and Hollywood history for the most recent decade as well as past eras, in which topics like American realis.